In its second annual year, Adelaide Guitar Festival proudly announces the program of world-class finger plucking favourites of rock, classical, blues, flamenco, country and much more, from July 9 to 24, presented by Adelaide Festival Centre and visiting ten South Australian towns with the return of the On The Road regional touring program.
Lecturers at Griffith University have created the world's largest acoustic guitar - a mind-blowing multi-disciplinary collaboration that will take centre.
Katie Noonan⦠âIâm fiercely proud of Australian music. I want to remove the cultural cringe across the arts⦠we really are world-class leaders and itâs time we believe we are.â
âFOLK â itâs a big, beautiful word and for me, itâs the sound of the stories of the room,â Katie Noonan says.
âI consider myself just a storyteller,â Noonan tells me at the Mitchell offices of the National Folk Festival, where she’s taking over the reins as artistic director.Â
âFor years Iâve been writing stories, and I consider my band Elixir, which I formed in 1997, to be a folk band.â